Horseshoe-heel cutter.



PATENTED APR. 23, 19o?.4

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HORSESHOE HEEL GUTTER. 4 TAPPLIruLTIbN FILED ooT. 15. 190s.

@Hmmm HENRY C. GOLDSMITH, OF FRENCH CAMP, CALIFORNIA.

HORSESHOE-HEEL CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed October 15, 1906. Serial No. 338,909.

To all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that IIInNnY C. GoLDsMrTH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of French Camp, in the county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe-IIeel Cutters, and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices used by blacksmiths and others for the purpose of keeping the heels of horseshoes the desired length and shape, my object being to produce such a device as will do the work rapidly and effectively and yet such a device as may be'simply and cheaply manufactured and placed on the market.

These objects I accomplish by means of a cutting-die arranged in a suitable frame and a lever mechanism for operating said die and by such other and further construction as will appear by a perusal of the following speciiication and claims, the law of thelever being the principle used by me inv devising the machine.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on a line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken relatively on a line y 'g/ of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a cutting-die.

1 designates a diaphragm held upward by means of a series of legs 2 and provided with a slot 3. Secured to the top of said diaphragm is a plate 4, provided with guide-slots 5, coinciding with the slot 3, and with an opening 4a. Secured to the plate 4, just above the slot 3 and just below the opening 4a, is a semicircular steel member 6, and working in the slots 5 is a steel die member7 coacting with the member 6. Said member 7 is provided with a hanger 8, extending downward through the slot 3 and connected with a lever mechanism which is constructed as follows: Pivotally connected to one of the legs 2 is a lever 9, and pivotally connected to the s 'ame leg is a shorter lever 10, the two being connected by means of a link 11, the lever 9 being provided with a footpiece 12, extending through a guide-rod 13.

14 is a spring connected to the lever 9 and to one of the legs 2.

15 is a link connecting the lever 10 to the hanger 8.

16 is a gage member'pivotally connected to the diaphragm 1 and extending back of the plate 4 for the purpose as will appear.

The operation of the device is as follows: The gage 16 is set at the length it is desired to cut the horseshoe-heel. The horseshoe is then heated to the required degree and the heel inserted through the opening 4a. The operator then presses the foot-lever 9 12 downward. This operation, by reason of the system 11 16 15 8, pulls the member 7 downward, and the same coacting with the member 6, cuts the heel of the horseshoe the required length and also cuts it in a semicircular shape by reason of the cutting edgesof the members 6 and 7 being semioircular. After the heel is cut and the operator removes his foot from the foot-piece 12 the spring 14 pulls the lever mechanism back into position ready for further operation.

17 is a handle by which the operator may steady himself .in order to properly operate the machine.

Thus it will be seen I have produced a simple device for cutting horseshoe-heels, which is simple yet effective, the amount of power gained being of course regulated by the lengths, 85o., of the system by levers described. j

This specification embodies the present and preferred detail of construction of my device. However, many small modifications thereof may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described a diaphragm held upward by a frame, and provided with a slot in the top thereof, a plate upward therefrom provided with guide-slots coinciding with said rst-named slots, said plate being also provided with an opening in the front thereof, a die member secured to said plate in the rear of said opening, a cutting-die arranged in said guide-slots adapted to coact with said die member, a hanger secured to said die and extending through said IOO 3. In a device ofthe character described a 15 diaphragm'held upward by suitable means, a die mechanism arranged on said diaphragm, means for operating said die mechanism, and a gage member pvotally mounted on said diaphragm and extending to the rear of said 2o die mechanism, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY C. GOLDSMITH.

Witnesses z l PERoY S. WEBsTER, Josi-IUA B. WEBSTER.. 

